I hear ya. The inferred beginner part was more what I was getting at.
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The analogy works to some extent, but it is a gross oversimplifications in most regards. But yeah, keeping up with maintaining a small mail server if you expect not to continually end up in SPAM is a royal pain.
Will be interesting to see how it develops. Could see a movement towards RBL type block lists, but with the lack of tools available at the moment I think most admins are going to end up having to take some pretty drastic actions at times.
Though not sure what their intentions are. If you are just trying to save getting splinters then use whatever is most aggressive sure. But I got the impression this was going to become an attic room otherwise why even bother?
I second this. Doesn't look like there is much to remove to get it smooth. I'd be starting with a belt sander and you might get away with a single pass with a medium grit. But if taking too long, use a coarse grit with belt sander and switch to orbital for final finish. Depending on what finish is going to be applied (if finishing is the intent), finish sand with #180 for oil based or #220 for water based.
Unless they are going for a distressed finished look, this is a horrible idea. Even with experience there is no way you'll get a flat finish; without experience you'll have deep pockets and very uneven, rounded corners. Maybe slightly faster than a belt sander, but it'd be negligible and definitely not after all the finish sanding that will be required after.
Oh, and depending on the terrain you are landing on, might want to mount fold down wheels. I've actually been pretty impressed with the durability of mine (mine's made by a company called Plastimo), but it wouldn't last a year without major repair being dragged across the barnacles and rock around here. RIB will of course take more abuse being run into rock and whatever else might be just below the surface.
Also a tip for RU, especially with K9 in tow. I put a couple of inexpensive, self inflating sleeping pads in the bottom. Gives you a bit more time with dry feet and more comfortable for the dog to stand without sinking into the cloth bottom.
I have a couple inexpensive Bosch and would highly recommend. I have other non-orbital Makita's and also recommend.
In Festool price range I'd personally recommend a Metabo Turbotec. Although I've never used a Festool, and if you are investing in their system might make more sense.
I've been looking to do the same for the many pros I've seen posted here, but maybe someone can give me some clarity on a very big downside to me.
From my understanding most instances are pretty liberal with federating anyone, then blacklisting bad actots or problematic instances. However as adoption grows is there not the potential for larger instances to move towards a whitelist, and possibly move towards only federating with known, established instances or ones with established conditions? Possibly flat out banning personal instances due to moderation overhead?
Perhaps my understanding is incorrect, but seems to me that there could be a big future risk your personal server turns into an island and all of your past engagement is no longer in your control.
You have the key points, but another to consider is being able to pack it up if you aren't comfortable or otherwise don't want to leave your dingy dock/shore side while on the hook.
I use a tiny RU and would most certainly prefer RIB given the opportunity, but the dog and I have gone through pretty much any condition you can imagine just fine with the ol' softy.
Depends on what you consider "smaller" and "decent". Also what your overall budget is for purchase and maintenance, your ability to do the maintenance, and what your expectations are. Very important to determine even before starting to look.
You don't specify what you consider "small" trips either, or the comfort you expect on those trips, which would be key points in expectation. Plenty of great overnight trips you can have in a sailing dingy depending on the location and your tolerance for roughing it. Heck, depending on your tolerance, people have sailed around the world in little 4 meter boats, open canoes and all sorts of wacky things.
Also consider what resources you have for storing it. The cost of mooring, and consider a swing keel or otherwise trailerable if that is not a cost you want to continually incur (and also consider the additional maintenance of a boat left in water).
Cost of purchase can be all over the map, usually tethered to the sense of urgency the owner has to sell more than the actual value of the boat (see cost of mooring/maintenance).
You may even find a lot of boats that drop to free, or might as well be free. But be very wary of a very inexpensive sailboat (at least one that is larger than a dingy). I've had a free boat that only cost a can of resin and a can of flat black paint in its life with me. I sailed it for many years and many miles until the keel literally fell off. But I've also had a free boat that ended up costing $16,000 over a few years, then another $4000 to crush and responsibly dispose of it, without sailing it once.
Regardless of budget or expectations, start visiting your local docks. Sailors are often looking for others to infect, you'll gain lots of information whether you wanted it or not, and often leads on boats. Though I feel a word of caution is warranted here: listen to everything a sailor has to tell you, trust none of it. Not to say it isn't going to be reliable information, but take what you gather from the docks and use it as a reference point for your own research. A lot of it can be unreliable.
As noted in other comments, get familiar with maintenance, it is essential to survival. But you can also easily fall into the trap of being a boat builder first, sailor very distant second if you purchase a boat based on what you think you can make of it. There are many trite jokes about the money pit sailing can be. This is true as evidenced by vast majority of boats rotting at docks. As a fully committed lifestyle however, it really isn't expensive. The key is to be living the lifestyle. Adjust your expectations to the constraints of your current life to maximize the amount of time actually sailing. There will always be another good deal on the potential "ideal" boat with a "little" work when have the capacity and experience to take such a thing on.
From someone that has spent zero to well over 200K and counting on boats, my advice would be to maximize your budget for condition of the boat. As in, if you have a small budget, get a very small boat in very good condition. If you want a larger boat, wait until you have the budget for one in very good condition. It will always be more work and more money than you expect. You'd be shocked how many thousands you can spend on something as simple as stainless bolts.
Don't know your budget or starting expectations, but personally, if I lost it all and had to start again, I'd get $5K together and buy the nicest trailerable sailing/rowing dingy I could find; buy a tent; find a nice sheltered area with a couple of islands to explore. And just sail non-stop while squirreling away money for your dream. You'll gain more experience through pleasure over pain that way.
If you are a social type, there are often folks looking for crew. I was never one for that myself, but I suspect it is a far more sensible way to learn than "I wonder what would happen if I did this?".
The larger dream of living on the hook is totally rad. I encourage anyone that is committed to the idea.
Do you have a router table? You can do it with a round over bit and a fence. Fence radius distance from bit center, dowel flat on table and rotate towards fence. Usual router safety applies. Only 5" length to hold might be a bit sketch, but you could jig something up easy enough. You could rough it with a rasp first, but with a sharp bit it should be no problem.